the FireCarrier

Come to Him—the living stone—who was rejected by people but accepted by God as chosen and precious.  5 Like living stones, let yourselves be assembled into a spiritual house, a holy order of priests who offer up spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God through Jesus the Anointed.   1 Peter 2:4-5 (Voice)

Don’t believe the lie of the enemy. You are of great value. I know your weaknesses and your name.  I have called you to grow in my likeness. I have called you and equipped you for my purposes. Don’t listen to those words of condemnation and failure. He is not your judge. My Son stands as your counselor. His blood has bought your redemption. Persevere through the testing.  Contend for what I have for you. You are called and anointed with my purpose.  Encourage those around you, so I might release fresh encouragement for you.

A similar thing happens when we pray. We are weak and do not know how to pray, so the Spirit steps in and articulates prayers for us with groaning too profound for words.  Don’t you know that He who pursues and explores the human heart intimately knows the Spirit’s mind because He pleads to God for His saints to align their lives with the will of God?       Romans 8:26-27 (Voice)

Are you listening? I have been waiting for you.

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.  2 Corinthians 3:18

“Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” The man asked him, “What is your name?” “Jacob,” he answered. Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.””   Genesis 32:26-28 (NIV)

But blessed is the one who trusts in Me alone ; the Eternal will be his confidence. He is like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots beside the stream. It does not fear the heat or even drought. Its leaves stay green and its fruit is dependable, no matter what it faces. Jeremiah 17:7-8

Stop looking into the past. Embrace me so you can release your grip and lose the expectations you have placed upon yourself. Look into the now and see me.  Coexist with what I am doing. Become my agent in subduing the earth. Jesus did what he saw me doing. Follow his example of leaning upon Holy Spirit. He will not limit what I can do thru you. He will not draw attention to himself, but glorifies my son. Look into your night dreams and see me directing you with clues. Follow my plan and subdue the earth.

Before time itself was measured, the Voice was speaking.     The Voice was and is God. This celestial Word remained ever present with the Creator;    His speech shaped the entire cosmos. Immersed in the practice of creating,     all things that exist were birthed in Him. John 1:1-3 (the Voice) In the beginning, God created everything: the heavens above and the earth below. Here’s what happened: At first the earth lacked shape and was totally empty, and a dark fog draped over the deep while God’s spirit-wind hovered over the surface of the empty waters. Then there was the voice of God. God: Let there be light. And light flashed into being. Genesis 1:1-3 (the Voice)

“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten -the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm my great army that I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.  Joel 2:25-26 (NIV)

But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.  1 Corinthians 15:46 (ESV) I heard the loud roar of a passenger plane in take off this morning on my way to church.  Now that in itself is not unusual, as I live near an airport. I was driving as I heard the plane. I looked about unsuccessfully trying to locate it. It was then I heard, “It is in take off. You can hear it, but do not see it. Perhaps you are one of those who knows his voice and have been told you are in take off, but as you look around you see nothing. Things do not have seemed to change. He is moving within you, guiding you. Believe it, as he has "told" you. Holy Spirit is actively guiding you with His supernatural ways. Allow Him to guide you without demanding visual/natural proof. The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. John 3:8 (ESV)

My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.  John 14:2-3 (NIV) I have a place prepared where you will thrive and walk in the calling I have created for you. Begin to look, expecting me to answer, working the miraculous through you.  Do not be drawn to the ploys of the enemy. He sows fear and disbelief.  Cover yourself in my acceptance.  Feed upon the light of my Word. Grow upright in my perfect peace.

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.   Ezekiel 36: 26-27 (NIV)